Practice Question Review (21.5.2) - Memory Organization and Instruction Representation
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Question 1 Easy

What is the primary purpose of a memory buffer register?

💡 Hint: Think about the flow of data between CPU and memory.

Question 2 Easy

What does the address bus do?

💡 Hint: Consider how instructions locate data.

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Question 1

What is the function of the address bus?

Transport data to CPU
Transfer memory addresses
Store data

💡 Hint: Consider what tells the CPU where to look for data.

Question 2

A very wide memory organization may lead to inefficiency.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about reading multiple instructions at once.

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Challenge 1 Hard

How might architecting a local computer system with 4 chips each of 1k lead to efficiency versus having one 4k chip?

💡 Hint: Think about how one large memory chip may impact instruction processing times.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a setup with two memory banks, each 2k, how would you optimize data access for speed?

💡 Hint: Consider how spreading out access could lead to better performance.

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